N-acetylglucosamine kinase activity

Term ID

GO:0045127

Synonyms

• 2-acetylamino-2-deoxy-D-glucose kinase activity
• acetylaminodeoxyglucokinase activity
• acetylglucosamine kinase (phosphorylating)
• ATP:2-acetylamino-2-deoxy-D-glucose 6-phosphotransferase activity
• ATP:N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-phosphotransferase activity
• GlcNAc kinase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: N-acetyl-D-glucosamine + ATP = N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-phosphate + ADP + H+.

References

• EC:2.7.1.59
• KEGG_REACTION:R01201
• MetaCyc:N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE-KINASE-RXN
• RHEA:17417
• Reactome:R-HSA-6803771

Ontology

GO: Molecular Function    QuickGO    AmiGO